A Shortened Screener Version of the Cultural Assessment of Risk for Suicide. Issue 4 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chu, Joyce; Hoeflein, Brandon; Goldblum, Peter; Espelage, Dorothy; Davis, Jordan; Bongar, Bruce
• Is Part Of: Archives of suicide research. Volume 22:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 679
• Page End: 687
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: assessment -- culture -- diversity -- screener -- suicide; Suicide -- Periodicals; 179.7
• DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2017.1413469
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1381-1118

Abstract

Abstract : The current study aimed to establish a shortened version of the Cultural Assessment of Risk for Suicide (CARS) measure that can be more widely utilized under time constraints in clinical and applied settings. Based on a sample of 485 adults, confirmatory factor analysis, bivariate correlations, and Receiver-Operating Characteristic analyses were employed to determine the most psychometrically valid shortened version. The 14-item, 8-factor CARS screener (CARS-S) evidenced high reliability, high correlation with the original full version of the CARS questionnaire, and high convergent validity with measures of other suicide-related constructs of depression, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, and lifetime suicide attempts. The suggested clinical cut-off is 38.5. The shortened CARS-S offers a time-efficient assessment of cultural suicide risk factors.